Talk:Mass Effect (video game)
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Biased sentence?
"Customers having to reinstall due to reformats, hard drive crashes, new computers, etc. will only be able to install and activate the game three times. After that, customers will have to speak to a customer service respresentitive who will decide on a case-by-case basis whether the customer will be able to play the game again."
This seems somehow really biassed, like they plan on not letting you reactivate and whatnot. I dunno it just seems wrong to me somehow, could do with being rewritten TheGreatZorko (talk) 12:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed. I've removed the sentence entirely, as its completely unnecessary. Peptuck (talk) 17:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
- It does say in the citation that it will be decided on a case-by-case basis. That means by definition that they can choose to not let you play any more. Also what happens when/if EA decides to stop supporting this game. Will you be able to even play it five years from now? People DO reformat, sometimes every 12 to 18 months. They may be unable to play after three years--less if they also put the game on a laptop as well.
- Perhaps it was strongly worded, but people should know about these things before they buy the game.
- 69.20.226.218 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 15:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
If it is biased, it is the bias put on it by Bioware's employees. "Case-by-case basis" is word for word what multiple Bioware/EA employees said repeatedly on their forums would be the way they would decide whether to reactivate a customer's game. They have been asked to elaborate, but have not done so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.118.89.109 (talk) 18:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
This is just my two cents here, but as long as people are commenting on this, I have to say that the sentence in question is the least biased that I've yet to come across regarding the controversial DRM issue. Every word of it is fact, confirmed by Bioware, and any article about Mass Effect would be doing a disservice to its readers by not mentioning it. I don't want to sound confrontational here, but really, where's the bias? I just don't see it. Deimos1313 (talk) 22:43, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
SecuROM ---> Digital rights management
Changed the title, since it's a DRM issue - the software could change so its best to have the type of software. JAF1970 (talk) 22:30, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Microsoft Windows?
May I suggest changing the first sentence from "and Microsoft Windows" to simply "and the PC"? Microsoft hasn't fenced the entire PC, just the operating system. Even if not right now, eventually this game will be able to run on linux.76.180.55.81 (talk) 07:29, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
As long as it is only avaible on Microsoft Windows, the sentence will stay. bladez (talk) 10:28, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
Difference
there should be more depth on these apparant differences —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.209.183 (talk) 22:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Asari
The Asari aren't just blue, there are also red and green ones. Should the article be changed? Mogmiester (talk) 23:10, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
- Where are the red ones? If you mean the ones in Chora's Den, those are red from the lighting, not skin color. Peptuck (talk)
- The green asari that appears on Feros isn't a "real" one either, rather it's a clone generated by the Thorian so it can communicate with Shepard verbally. Petrarch 11:43 15 August 2008 (GMT)
- No, the clones were green because of the original's color. The one you saved was just naturally green. King Zeal (talk) 15:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
- Not to jump into this speculation fit, but my understanding is that all asari are born blue and the one the character meets on Feros has been physically changed by the interaction with the Thorian (during the cloning process, plants and green chlorophyl or something like that). Since I don't believe there is any official, definitive explanation from BioWare (or in game), all we can do is speculate. Aside from the asari on Feros, however, all asari in game are blue. (144.92.84.206 (talk) 17:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC))
- No, the clones were green because of the original's color. The one you saved was just naturally green. King Zeal (talk) 15:45, 15 August 2008 (UTC)